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Bus statistics data tables

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Description

Data and statistics about the local bus sector in Great Britain. This includes information on bus services, patronage, and expenditure.

Policy areas
Transport
Update cadence
Annual
Subject area
Transport Statistics
Publisher
Department for Transport
Published
31 January 2023
Data files
File Type Size
Local bus fares index by metropolitan area status and country, quarterly: Great Britain ods —
Local bus passenger journeys ods —
Vehicle distance travelled (miles) ods —
Vehicle distance travelled (kilometres) ods —
Passenger distance travelled (miles and kilometres) ods —
Costs, fares and revenue in current prices ods —
Costs, fares and revenue in constant prices ods —
Government support and concessionary travel in current prices ods —
Government support and concessionary travel in constant prices ods —
Vehicles operated by local bus operators ods —
Staff employed by local bus operators ods —
Measures of concessionary bus travel by Travel Concession Authority (TCA) and metropolitan area status ods —
Policies on concessionary bus travel by Travel Concession Authority (TCA) ods —
Bus reliability and punctuality ods —
Local bus passenger journeys, 1950 to financial year ending 2005 ods —
Vehicle distance travelled (kilometres), 1960 to financial year ending 2005 ods —
Vehicle distance travelled (miles), 1960 to financial year ending 2005 ods —
Passenger distance travelled (miles and kilometres), 1970 to financial year ending 2005 ods —
Vehicles operated by local bus operators, financial years ending 1998 to 2011 ods —
Staff employed by local bus operators, 1965 to financial year ending 2011 ods —
Passenger journeys on local bus services by metropolitan area status and country: Great Britain, quarterly ods —
Passenger journeys on local bus services by service type and metropolitan area status and country: Great Britain, annual ods —
Local bus contracts for subsidised services: Price increases and competition for tenders: Great Britain ods —
Average age of the bus fleet by metropolitan area status and country: Great Britain ods —
Age distribution of the bus fleet used as Public Service Vehicles by metropolitan area status and country, local bus operators only ods —
Lost scheduled bus mileage by metropolitan area status: England ods —
Weekly bus vehicle trips by metropolitan area status and country: Great Britain, annual from 2006 (October) ods —
Bus Operator market share by local authority: Great Britain, latest available year ods —
Real Time Information Systems (RTI) by metropolitan area status and country: Great Britain ods —
Proportion of population within 1 kilometre walking distance of a bus stop with 1 bus service per hour between 7am and 7pm, by local authority, England ods —
Percentage of local bus operators who are part of bus partnership schemes: England ods —
Percentage of local bus operators who are part of bus partnership schemes by metropolitan area status and country: Great Britain ods —
Summary bus statistics - economic, safety and environment xlsx —
Summary bus statistics - National Travel Survey data xlsx —

Data files last checked: 28 May 2026

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